Chouchou | ms

Chouchou is a Tokyo-based Ambient, quite Experimental music duo consisiting of arabesque Choche (music, sometimes lyrics) and juliet heberle (vocals, lyrics).
They formed in online virtual world Second Life in 2007 and used it as their primal platform for releasing their work.
Their music should "evoke a realistic emotional feeling within a vivid unrealistic scenery".

Arabesque was born to a Czech father and a Japanese mother. He started piano at the age of three and received classical music education. After he graduated at the top of his class from a graduate school of music in Japan, he went to Austria and devoted himself to study the piano.
Up until now, he has won a number of awards in classical piano, held solo piano recitals and also performed in chamber and full orchestra concerts. He started composing music when he was in high school, and after going through many experiences in music, he found his new style of expressing himself and started Chouchou.
He is in charge of the composing, arranging, mixing and mastering process, and he produces video works of Chouchou including music videos. He is also a member of another music duo, Orcaorca.
Juliet was born in Japan and was brought up in Tokyo. She went to the US in her teens by herself and graduated from one of the world's best art universities in the field of fashion, art and design in New York with a BFA in fashion design.
While she was gaining experience working in the New York fashion industry after her graduation, her talent as a singer was also discovered by arabesque Choche. Together they started Chouchou to search for new possibilities of the collaboration of music and art. Besides being mainly responsible for lyrics writing and singing, juliet is directing the visual concept of the band, including album artwork, website design, and presentation in virtual environments such as stage design and sim design. Sometimes she helps at the mixing and mastering process.

Arabesque and juliet got engaged in early and married in late 2016.
They're running an own record label, Ulula Records http://ulula.la/ .